Shape the future of the Hyperloop.

Welcome to Build Earth Live - Hyperloop 2016!

We are excited to announce your design brief for this year's international competition.

The Government of Dubai is planning to build Hyperloop infrastructure in the near future between two great global cities, Dubai and Fujairah City in the neighboring Emirate of Fujairah. The government aims to reduce the transportation time between these two cities to 10 minutes.

Build Earth Live 2016 challenges participants to imagine and design the world’s first Hyperloop system to connect Dubai and Fujairah City for seamless passenger and freight transport.

Your brief this year is to design three Hyperloop terminals - at Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai International Airport, and Fujairah International Airport as well as the Hyperloop track infrastructure and route between the three terminals. The brief is comprised of a number of files, as follows:

The design brief is intended to be challenging, aspirational, and ACHIEVABLE within 48 hours of work. There are no wrong answers, only new ideas and hard graft! Remember that you will be judged not only on your multi-disciplinary designs but also on the way you work collaboratively. All teams should provide regular progress updates to the Adoddle cloud platform over the coming 48 hours - the more information transparency the better. Collaborate to win! Please send any questions to buildearthlive@asite.com - we will respond promptly.

- Your Friendly BEL Organizers

26th September, 2016

OVERALL WINNER

of Build Earth Live Hyperloop 2016.

BEST USE OF BIM FORDESIGN, DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT

Best architectural design and presenation.

BEST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY BIM & USE OF INTEROPERABILITY

'Best work with multiple disciplines, applications and open file types.

BEST USE OF BIM FORSUSTAINABILITY OR CONSTRUCTABILITY

Best 4D model. Integration of ‘green design’. Best
set of construction drawings, or cost analysis.

BIM FOR INNOVATION

The most innovative approach to BIM

JUDGES DISCRETIONARY AWARDS

Outstanding Student-Led Effort.

JUDGES DISCRETIONARY AWARDS

Outstanding Student-Led Effort.

George Mokhtar

Associate Director - Turner & Townsend.

George is an Associate Director at Turner & Townsend, responsible for defining, implementing and controlling BIM processes for global projects in addition to developing Turner & Townsend's BIM offer.

George has specialist skills and knowledge including open source BIM, model analytics, validation and information management. George currently oversees the deployment of advanced BIM processes and collaborative workflows on projects and programmes in property, infrastructure and natural resources projects across the UK, US, UAE and Africa, specialising in megaprojects.

Colin Rhys

Director of Experience Design, Hyperloop One.

In 2004 Colin Rhys’s launched the RHYS art gallery. Nine years, stunning international exhibitions in six different continents & over thirty-two countries later, RHYS was a globally-recognized brand.
In 2010 he began building and designing bespoke residences in the greater Los Angeles area for the Xanadu Group. In 2016, having earned international acclaim and awards Colin brought his experimentalist passion and expertise in design to the hyperloop.

Muna Al Osaimi

Director, Rail Planning and Projects Development.

Muna Al Osaimi, was appointed as the Director, Rail Planning and Projects Development of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in 2015, with 10 years of experience in Railway Planning, Studies and Projects Development. A Proven Leader, Muna helped accomplish two prestigious projects in the Emirate of Dubai: Dubai Metro and Dubai Tram Al Osaimi, considered the first female Engineer in the field of Railways industry in UAE, is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the UAE Society of Engineering.

Paul Beaty Pownall

Director of BPR Architects.

An architect and urban designer, Paul is the author of the new TfL Overground Station Design Idiom and is an expert in the future of station design and how Train Operating Companies can prepare meaningful property strategies to support their franchise bids.
All projects at BPR are now delivered using BIM technology and Paul is a regular speaker at BIM conferences, recently participating in Building Magazine BIM Roundtable event in London April 2016.

Mark Andrews

Managing director of Laing O’ Rourke’s.

Mark Andrews is the managing director of Laing O’ Rourke’s business activities in the Middle East. Mark joins the company from Arabtec Holding – one of the leading construction services companies in the UAE – where he was Chief Operating Officer. He has also held the chief executive role in North America for Pirelli, before leading NG Bailey as Chief Executive – one of the UK’s leading independent engineering, IT and facilities services businesses. Mark has been awarded an OBE for services to apprenticeships, education and training in the construction industry.

Nathan Doughty

COO, Asite.

Nathan has been delivering cloud solutions for construction for 18 years. He spent 6 years on the board of BuildingSMART, and was closely involved in the development of the IFC standard. Nathan was part of the BSI working group which developed the British Standards for Collaborative BIM - BS1192 and PAS1192, and co-founded the Build Earth Live series of global Collaborative BIM events in 2008. He joined Asite as CTO in 2002 and led the initial development of the Asite platform before taking the COO role in 2006.

FAQ's

Is this competition intended only for small and medium size organizations, or is it open/encouraged
for organizations of all sizes?

It’s encouraged to be for organizations of all sizes. In March 2015 we held an SME (Small to Medium
Enterprise) specific competition in the UK & Ireland. The teams included a college for boys as well. So
Colleges and Universities are also encouraged to compete.

On average, how many teams participate in each competition?

We have anywhere from 15 to 45 teams compete on a global level. Some firms and
colleges/universities like to pair up to create a diverse skillset for the competition. This promotes
collaboration and interoperability.

Has participation grown since the first competition was held?

Participation has grown from strength to strength as the competitions gain more notoriety. The
awards are so coveted by the teams that they often advertise the awards on their email signatures
following a win.

How many judges do you need?

Historically we’ve had 6 judges.

How do the participating teams benefit from being a part of this event?

Teams are encouraged to collaborate and use open inter-operability to complete the project on time.
BUILD EARTH LIVE also serves to highlight the skills of each team to the wider audience and gives
educational institutions the opportunity to compete or collaborate with commercial firms out in the
real world.

What kind of award(s) is/are given?

This year 6 finalist teams will be flown out to Dubai. Two representatives from each time will have
the opportunity to present to a live audience and judging panel. Flights and accommodation are
provided to all 12 finalists curtsey of the Prime Minister of Dubai’s ministry if cabinet affairs &
Infrastructure.

Each award winning team will also win a coveted award to take back to their respective team.

Please click on this link to view our last competition and the awards:

BIM Unlimited is an international team of individuals led by a desire to create innovative architecture within a collaborative BIM workflow. A number of the team have previous experience of a Build Live competition. The lead architect Ruben Fernandez and his team of architects at Estudio Caribe have created some sophisticated architectural concepts in previous competitions with complex, non standard geometry and the rest of the multidisciplinary team are once again looking forward to responding to these concepts this time around. The major disciplines within the team use a different primary software within their specialist fields of Architecture, Structural Design and Analysis, MEP Design, Pedestrian Flow Analysis and Environmental Analysis. They exchange their BIM models using IFC. We look forward to seeing what we can create in the short timeframe allowed.